DU2671 Abstraction and figuration

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Alena Pomajzlová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 K32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course student should be able to explain the relation and the difference between two main principles of visual art - figuration and abstraction.
Syllabus
  • Difference between figuration and abstraction
  • The way from figuration to abstraction
  • From abstraction to figuration
  • Subject and meaning
  • Interpretation of the works of visual artist with the accentuation to second half of 20th century.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • NICKAS, Robert. Painting abstraction : new elements in abstract painting. 1st pub. London: Phaidon, 2009, 343 s. ISBN 9780714849331. URL info
  • Neogeo : a new edge to abstraction. Edited by Robert Klanten - Sven Ehmann - Birga Meyer. Berlin: Gestalten Verlag, 2007, 191 s. ISBN 9783899551945. info
  • RORIMER, Anne. New art in the 60s and 70s : redefining reality. 1st pbk. ed., with rev. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004, 304 s. ISBN 0500284717. info
  • HARRIS, Jonathan. The new art history : a critical introduction. 1st repr. pub. London: Routledge, 2004, xviii, 302. ISBN 041523008X. info
  • HOPKINS, David. After modern art, 1945-2000. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, v, 282. ISBN 0192842811. info
  • HUBATOVÁ-VACKOVÁ, Lada. Figurativní abstrakce versus abstraktní figurace. Kandinského abstraktní syntézy, fotodynamismus bratrů Bragagliových a jejich "rozostřená" projekce lidské bytosti. (Figurative abstraction contra abstract figuration.). Opuscula Historiae Artium. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, F 43, p. 49-56. ISSN 1211-7390. info
  • BRU, Charles-Pierre. Esthétique de l'abstraction : essai sur le probleme actuel de la peinture. [Paris?]: Privat, 1955, 331 s. info
    not specified
  • BOIS, Yve-Alain and Rosalind E. KRAUSS. Formless : a user's guide. New York: Zone Books, 1997, 296 s. ISBN 0942299442. info
  • KRAUSS, Rosalind E. The originality of the avant-garde and other modernist myths. 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986, 307 s. ISBN 0262610469. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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